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Illegals Use Women, Children as 'Human Shields,' Border Agents Say

A Central American mother in Tijuana, Mexico, grabs her children to flee from tear gas during a disturbance Sunday near the U.S.-Mexico border. (Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon)

By    |   Monday, 26 November 2018 06:09 PM EST

The hundreds of illegal immigrants who rushed the border on Sunday while pelting Border Patrol officers with rocks and bricks used children and women to run interference for them, Border Patrol officials say.

Posts of women and children fleeing tear gas and pepper spray went viral on social media Sunday, after hundreds of caravan members stormed the crossing near San Ysidro.

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The hundreds of illegal immigrants who rushed the border on Sunday while pelting Border Patrol officers with rocks and bricks used children and women to run interference for them, Border Patrol officials say.Posts of women and children fleeing tear gas and pepper spray went...
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